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Media Content Analyst

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Free Press Unlimited is looking for an analyst with a background in media studies, communication, and impact analyses who can help with the media content of a Middle Eastern news-agency website.
The analysis aims to provide input on the quality level, and the desired improvements the news agency plans to reach.
Requirements:
  • Proven educational background and/or working methodology in statistical, media content and media monitoring analyses; willing to adapt and combine with FPU´s methodology.
  • Experience with Online Media Content Monitoring (text and still images)
  • Fluency in Arabic (primarily) and English, written and spoken.
  • Understands the historical, political, cultural backgrounds and societal trends of the dealt countries (preferably at the native level).
  • Does NOT rely on software for content analysis. Analysis must be human-centered.
Desired Skills:
  • Good analytic skills and ability to monitor, evaluate, and recognise weaknesses, and strengths of media products; must determine form and content of text and other data in a repeatable, consistent fashion.
  • Good communication and inter-cultural skills; systematic, objective and interpersonal in thinking, yet simultaneously flexible and able to incorporate change quickly.
  • Preferred: good knowledge of Middle Eastern media and information market.
Main Responsibilities:
  • The qualified media analyst will provide monthly and quarterly media content monitoring analysis and qualitative reports.
  • Examining targets and target groups to improve and broaden the range of news that is delivered.
  • Defining and identifying story boundaries, choosing adequate methodology, developing categories for data analysis; coding, analysing and interpreting data and results.
  • Adopting indicator measurement methodology and producing quantitative and narrative analyses.
  • Tracking document trends; ensuring that outputs are consistent in quality and format.
Free Press Unlimited offers a lump sum fee based on a set number of working days per month based on experience and output curriculum.
Please send your motivation letter and CV with indication of media analysis methodology used by July 12th, 2013 to: reportersrespond[AT]freepressunlimited.org
For possible inquiries you can reach Free Press Unlimited at +31-20-8000 400 or +31-6-3882 0516

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